eventlog_search
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Search Windows Event Log entries ingested from Netmon agents. Wraps GET /api/eventlog/list (permission: logs); tag-scoped server-side.
Severity is the raw Windows EventRecord.Level: 'logalways'=0 (what Security-channel audit events carry), 'critical'=1, 'error'=2, 'warning'=3, 'information'=4, 'verbose'=5 — pass names or ints. Note 0 is NOT Information.
Window: hours (1-168, default 24) OR start_time+end_time. limit defaults to 50 (max 500). total in the response is the full match count — if it exceeds limit, narrow the window or add severity/source/message filters rather than bumping limit.
Example: eventlog_search({severity: "error", hours: 4})
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| device_id | integer | no | Restrict to a single device id. |
| end_time | string | no | ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with start_time. |
| event_id | any | no | Windows Event ID(s). Single int or array. |
| hours | integer | no | Lookback window in hours (1-168). Default 24. |
| limit | integer | no | Max rows returned (1-500). Default 50. |
| log | string | no | Event log channel name (e.g. 'Application', 'System', 'Security'). |
| message | string | no | Substring match against the event data field. |
| severity | any | no | Severity name(s) or int(s). See tool description for the Windows-specific scheme. |
| source | string | no | Event source name. |
| start_time | string | no | ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with end_time. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"device_id": {
"description": "Restrict to a single device id.",
"type": "integer"
},
"end_time": {
"description": "ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with start_time.",
"type": "string"
},
"event_id": {
"description": "Windows Event ID(s). Single int or array."
},
"hours": {
"description": "Lookback window in hours (1-168). Default 24.",
"maximum": 168,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max rows returned (1-500). Default 50.",
"maximum": 500,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"log": {
"description": "Event log channel name (e.g. 'Application', 'System', 'Security').",
"type": "string"
},
"message": {
"description": "Substring match against the event data field.",
"type": "string"
},
"severity": {
"description": "Severity name(s) or int(s). See tool description for the Windows-specific scheme."
},
"source": {
"description": "Event source name.",
"type": "string"
},
"start_time": {
"description": "ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with end_time.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}